I want to emphasize the gross negligence, lack of proper planning and longtime bad thinking of my county government at the taxpayers’ cost. It could even be corruption as their ideas are so absurd that only their desire to get money seems to be the motivation, not serving the public and really solving the problem.
The San Bernardino Special Projects Department is proposing to blast a seven-mile-long, multi-million-dollar water pipeline in granite through an environmentally and culturally sensitive area which includes but is not limited to desert tortoise and Native American artifacts such as petroglyphs, pottery and arrowheads.
They propose tying into an already depleting supply of water and then pumping water uphill from 3,000 up to 4,000 feet to citizens (125 houses) in Pioneertown who do not have wells at a cost well over $3 million.
They are also trying to push this project through as a shovel-ready project without the proper environmental study. The reports they have generated are grossly inaccurate and at least six years out of date, including the cost estimate.
